KR20230127978A - Systems, methods, and apparatus for downloading content directly to a wearable device - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for downloading content to a wearable device is described. The method includes creating a user account through a web portal using an application executable on a computing device, attaching an object to a receiving portion of the wearable device, detecting the object by the receiving portion of the wearable device, reading the tag data of, verifying that the wearable device is associated with the user account, verifying the purchase of the object's digital content, and using the tag data to interact with the cloud backend to download the digital content. includes

Description

Systems, methods, and apparatus for downloading content directly to a wearable device

Inventors:

Petur Hannes Olafsson

Simon Weston

[Cross Reference Section to Related Applications]

This application is based on U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/087,627, filed on October 5, 2020; U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application S/N 63/189,451 filed on May 17, 2021 and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application S/N 17/492,907 filed on October 4, 2021 claiming priority; Provisional patent applications, the entire contents of these US applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

[Field of Examples]

The field of the present invention and its embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for secure management of the supply of digital content to devices worn on a user's body, which devices address commercial concerns of digital content distribution and copyright. While solving, it uses objects associated with the device in a way that enhances the experience of playing device content.

MP3 players can play a piece of music from information stored in the MP3 player without using a CD. Specifically, MP3 is a coding format for digital audio. However, MP3 players are not child friendly due to the associated risk of damage by dropping such a device. Additionally, such MP3 players are difficult and confusing for children to use. Moreover, with such devices it becomes difficult to protect the rights associated with digital content streamed from or downloaded from the Internet. What is needed, therefore, is a child-friendly system for secure management of the supply of digital content from servers to wearable devices.

Examples of related art include:

US Patent No. 8,160,495 B2 describes a portable wireless communication subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system and method for selecting, requesting, downloading, and playing audio and/or video data content files from an Internet-based database server. The wireless link is preferably implemented according to the WIFI protocol, which enables connection to the Internet by being in proximity to a local base station or WIFI hotspot (i.e. a publicly available local wireless access hub connected to the Internet). . Portable radio subscriber audio and/or video player devices and systems preferably include security means for monitoring and preventing unauthorized use of the player devices and systems. The player device further preferably has the ability to communicate with other neighboring player devices for the purpose of exchanging content data files, playlists and personal messages.

US Patent No. 7,770,226 B2 describes a method and system for synchronizing data between a content delivery system and a portable device over a network.

US Patent No. 10,721,550 B2 describes systems and methods for detecting headphone rotation in order to properly process user input to the headphones.

WO 2017/129349 A1, WO 2015/104222 A1, DE 102014000075 A1, and US Design Patent No. 0822640 S describe toys for playing music or narrated stories. The toy includes a loudspeaker or loudspeaker terminal, a sensor capable of detecting a characteristic or a change in a characteristic of the surroundings within an area at the perimeters of the sensor, and a specific characteristic of the surroundings within the area at the perimeters of the sensor. A control capable of activating a loudspeaker or loudspeaker terminals to play music or a narrated story when a sensor detects a characteristic or a specific change in characteristic or when a control unit detects a specific change in a characteristic detected by a sensor contains the unit A toy identification and a device for transmitting a signal dependent on the toy identification are also provided by these references.

WO 2006/048668 A1 describes a computerized educational device comprising: a plurality of items 9 , a reader 15 and a computer 1 . Each item 9 comprises a computer readable medium arranged to store data corresponding to physical properties of the item. The reader 15 is arranged to generate input signals, each input signal representing data stored on the computer readable medium of one item 9 . Computer 1 is programmed to sequentially receive a plurality of input signals. The computer is further arranged to, in response to detecting the stored predetermined combination of input signals, generate an output signal representative of the combination.

US Patent No. 8,287,327 B1 describes an interactive intelligent play set, method, and apparatus that includes a basic toy, a plurality of action figures, and/or play accessories. An intelligent play set identifies and tracks action figures and/or play accessories used by a player during a play session, or based on specific action figures, accessories, or combinations thereof used by a player during game play. Provide interactions based on the history of how the player has interacted with the set during previous play sessions, and/or use basic interactions as building blocks to allow the player to build various play pieces of the play set. It makes it possible to build new interactions between play pieces.

US Published Patent Application No. 2008/0153594 A1 describes an entertainment system that includes at least one handheld controller with a touch screen interface and a plurality of accelerometers. The system further includes a base station and accessory box. The base station routes signals containing data and information from the handheld controllers and accessory box to a computing device that communicates with a game portal residing on a server on the network. Game play is facilitated by a server on the entertainment system.

WO 2006/058204 A3 describes: an electronic game board (18) for use in a DVD gaming system (10) comprising a DVD player (12), wherein a DVD media (14) containing commands and audio-visual content is accessed by DVD player 12 as part of game play. The electronic board 12 may be used with the play pieces 34, determine the identity and position of the play pieces 34 on the electronic board 18, and wirelessly transmit location data to the DVD player 12; It determines the position of a finger contact on the board surface instead of the play piece position, and may be configured to receive transmissions from the DVD player. Board 18 may also include command inputs such as buttons, switches, or joysticks to be used as part of game play. Board 18 may include a display for presenting information or pictures to players. Board 18 may overlay displaying different play surfaces and play spaces.

US Patent No. 10,362,399 B1 describes systems and methods for detecting headphone orientation.

US Published Patent Application No. 2006/0123053 describes a personalized content system that enables a user with a communication device to convert and/or manually receive preselected content from multiple resources.

US Patent No. 9,009,594 B2 describes content gestures. In examples, one or more controls are output to control the output of the content and for display in a user interface by the computing device. Input detected using the camera as a gesture for interacting with the specified one of the controls to control the output of the content is recognized by the computing device.

US Patent No. 10,068,568 B2 describes systems, devices and methods for segmentation of content. In one aspect, a method may include receiving content associated with audio, text, or closed captioning data. Voice, text, or closed-caption data may be analyzed to derive at least one of a topic, subject matter, or event for at least a portion of the content. Content may be divided into two or more content segments based on the analysis. At least one of the topic, subject matter, or event may be associated with at least one of the two or more content segments based on the analysis. Thereafter, at least one of the two or more content segments may be published such that each of the two or more content segments is individually accessible.

TWM599457U describes a wearable device that changes the rhythm of music based on data received from sensors of the wearable device.

US Patent No. 10,133,900 B2 describes a method for controlling the output of contextual information to assist a user in performing a series of activities using a computing device. The computing device includes or is coupled to at least one wearable sensor and at least one output device to provide contextual information. The method includes a number of process steps, such as: identifying an activity being performed by a user using sensor information from at least one sensor; and selecting and controlling the output of the contextual information based on the activity performed by the user. Context information is being output to the user from at least one output device to assist the user in performing the identified activity.

US Published Patent Application No. 2013/0226930 A1 describes a method for indexing multimedia content. The method includes a number of process steps, such as: segmenting multimedia content by a computer into a plurality of segments; identifying, by a computer, for each segment, one or more features present in the segment, where the features are of individual media types; identifying, by the computer, for each identified feature in each segment, one or more individual keywords associated with the identified feature; and determining, by the computer, for each identified keyword associated with an identified feature in the given segment, the respective relevance of the keyword to the given segment, wherein the respective relevance is the respective relevance of the identified feature. Depends on the weight associated with the media type of

US Published Patent Application No. 2008/0165141 A1 describes a system, method, and software for implementing gestures with touch sensitive devices to manage and edit media files on a computing device or system. Specifically, gesture inputs of a human hand on a touch/proximity sensing device can be used to control, edit, and manipulate files such as media files, including without limitation graphic files, photo files, and video files. can

US Published Patent Application No. 2009/0251244 A1 describes an improved field emission system and method involving field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties that may be code dependent. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function in which the spatial forces between the field emission structures correspond to the relative alignment, separation distance, and spatial force function.

Some similar devices exist in the art. However, their means of operation are substantially different from the present disclosure, as other inventions do not solve all the problems taught by the present disclosure.

The present invention and its embodiments relate to a system, method, and apparatus for secure management of the supply of digital content to a device worn on a user's body, which device addresses commercial concerns of digital content distribution and copyright, while In other words, the device uses objects associated with the device in a way that enhances the experience of content playback.

A first embodiment of the present invention describes a system. The system includes a cloud backend, a cloud web portal, an object, and a wearable device configured to be worn by a user. The wearable device includes a receiving portion configured to detect acceptance of an object and one or more speakers. A wearable device may include headphones, a virtual reality (VR) headset, an augmented reality headset, or a mixed reality headset, among other wearable devices not explicitly described herein.

In a first example, an object includes a first set of magnets and a Radio-frequency identification (RFID) passive tag. In this example, the receiving portion of the wearable device includes a second set of magnets, an active RFID reader, and a Hall sensor. When the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, the first set of magnets engage the second set of magnets via magnetic coupling to attach the object to the receiving portion of the wearable device. Furthermore, when the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, the first set of magnets of the object activate a hall sensor of the wearable device. In turn, the Hall sensor activates the read cycle of the active RFID reader in the receiving portion of the wearable device. Moreover, activation of the read cycle of the active RFID reader of the receiving portion of the wearable device includes detection of the security code and identifier associated with the digital content from the object's RFID passive tag.

In some examples, the object is received by and attached to the receiving portion of the wearable device via mechanical means. In a further example, the receiving portion of the wearable device includes an optical sensory array comprising one or more photo-elements and a light sensor comprising a photodiode. In response to the object being received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, an optical sensor of the receiving portion of the wearable device is covered by the object to perform a handshake to detect a security code and identifier associated with the object's digital content. trigger

In a further example, the object includes means and electronic circuitry for storing a security code and an identifier associated with the digital content. In response to the object being received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, circuitry in the wearable device is closed, allowing a security code and identifier associated with the digital content to be transmitted to the wearable device.

In a further example, each of the wearable device and object includes electronic circuitry. When the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, the security code and identifier associated with the digital content are transmitted to the wearable device.

In another example, a user creates a user account through a cloud web portal using an application executable on a computing device. The cloud backend is configured to: verify that the wearable device is associated with the user account and confirm purchase of digital content of the object.

A second embodiment of the present invention describes a system. The system includes an object, a wearable device, a cloud web portal, and a cloud backend. A wearable device is configured to be worn by a user. The wearable device includes a receiving portion configured to detect acceptance of an object and one or more speakers. The cloud web portal is configured to receive account information associated with the user. The cloud backend is configured to verify that the wearable device is associated with the user account and confirm purchase of digital content of the object.

In some examples, the object includes a first set of magnets and an RFID passive tag. The receiving portion of the wearable device includes a second set of magnets, an active RFID reader, and a Hall sensor. When the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, the first set of magnets engage the second set of magnets through magnetic coupling to attach the object to the receiving portion of the wearable device. In some examples, when the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, the object's first set of magnets activates a hall sensor of the wearable device. Furthermore, the Hall sensor activates the read cycle of an active RFID reader in the receiving portion of the wearable device. Additionally, activation of the read cycle of the active RFID reader of the receiving portion of the wearable device includes detection of the security code and identifier associated with the digital content from the object's RFID passive tag.

In other examples, the receiving portion of the wearable device includes: an optical sensory array comprising one or more optical elements, and an optical sensor comprising a photodiode. In response to the object being received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, an optical sensor of the receiving portion of the wearable device is covered by the object, triggering a handshake to detect a security code and identifier associated with the object's digital content.

A third embodiment of the present invention describes a method for downloading content to a wearable device. The method involves a number of process steps, such as: creating a user account through a web portal using an application executable on a computing device, attaching an object to a receiving portion of a wearable device, detecting the object's tag data, verifying that the wearable device is associated with the user account, verifying the purchase of the object's digital content, and interacting with the cloud backend using the tag data to Downloading the digital content.

It should be appreciated that in the embodiments disclosed herein, wired, wireless, and/or touch connection methods or technologies may be used. Exemplary wireless connection methods include, among others not explicitly described herein, a Bluetooth connection, a radio broadcast connection, a mesh system, an Ultra-wideband (UWB) connection, or a Wi-Fi connection. . Additionally, touch connection mechanisms or methods include galvanic or capacitive coupling methods that occur by skin contact or other mechanism. Additionally, more than one connection method or means described herein may operate concurrently.

Generally, the present invention succeeds in providing the following benefits and objects.

An object of the present invention is to provide a wearable device capable of downloading, storing, and playing digital content from a server or streaming digital content from a server.

An object of the present invention is to provide a child-friendly wearable device.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a child friendly system for secure management of the supply of digital content from a server to a wearable device.

1 shows a block diagram of a cloud solution architecture of a system, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
2 shows a block diagram of a method executed by the system's cloud backend, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
3 shows a block diagram of a cloud solution architecture of a system, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
4 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram representing an object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
5 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram illustrating rotation of an object in a receiving portion of a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
6 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of an object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
7 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of an object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, wherein the object has a timer mechanism, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
8 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of an object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, wherein the object has a timer mechanism, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
9 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram representing an object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
10 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram showing a wand object interacting with a disk object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
11 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram showing a figurine object interacting with a disk object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
12 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram showing a granular object interacting with a disk object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
13 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram illustrating an optical sensor and an optical sensor array of an object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
14 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram illustrating an optical sensor array and a hall sensor of an object attached to a receiving portion of a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
15 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram illustrating a transmitter and a battery of an object, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
16 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram representing an antenna, a smart chip, and an optical mark of an object, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
17 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a wearable device, a ferrous magnetic cup, and a permanent magnet, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
18 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of an object, an iron magnetic cup, and a permanent magnet, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
19 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a magnetic force-based method for attaching and positioning an object to a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
20 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a magnetic force-based method for attaching and positioning an object to a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
21 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a magnetic force-based method for attaching and positioning an object to a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
22 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a position detection method used to attach an object to a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
23 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a position detection method used to attach an object to a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
24 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a position detection method used to attach an object to a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
25 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a position detection method used to attach an object to a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
26 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a position detection method used to attach an object to a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
27 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of interactive story context indexing, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
28 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of interactive story context indexing, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
29 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of interactive story context indexing, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
30 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of interactive story context indexing, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
31 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of interactive story context indexing, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
32 shows a perspective view of a first example schematic diagram of two or more users interacting with digital content via connection to a wearable device (eg, smart glasses), in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein .
33 shows a perspective view of a first example schematic diagram of two or more users interacting with digital content via connection to a wearable device (eg, smart glasses), in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein .
34 shows a perspective view of a second example schematic diagram of two or more users interacting with digital content via connection to a wearable device (eg, headphones), in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein .
35 shows a perspective view of a second example schematic diagram of two or more users interacting with digital content via connection to a wearable device (eg, headphones), in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein .
36 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of an assistive device worn by a user, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
37 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of an auxiliary device coming into contact with a user's wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
38 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a hand gesture or movement occurring while a user is wearing an assistive device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
39 is a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a handshake occurring between a first auxiliary device worn by a first user and a second auxiliary device worn by a second user, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein; indicate
40 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a head nodding motion occurring while a user is wearing a wearable device, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
41 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a user wearing a wearable device including one or more proximity sensors, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
42 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of a user using a spatial positioning technique, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.
43 shows a perspective view of a schematic diagram of two users using a spatial positioning technique, in accordance with at least some embodiments disclosed herein.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. Like elements in the various drawings are identified with like reference numbers. Reference will now be made in detail to each embodiment of the present invention. Such embodiments are provided throughout the description of the invention and are not intended to be limiting thereto. In fact, those skilled in the art may recognize that various modifications and variations may be made upon reading this specification and viewing the drawings herein.

1 and 3 show block diagrams of the system's cloud solution architecture. As shown in FIG. 1 , the system includes an object 108 , a wearable device 104 , the Internet 106 , a cloud backend 110 , and a cloud web portal 112 . Objects (of FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16) 108) is the wearable device 104 (of FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14) ) is an item or component designed in such a way as to enhance its commercial or educational appeal. Object 108 can be of any size or shape. In some examples, object 108 may click or snap on top of wearable device 104 (eg, headphones), and in other examples, object 108 may not. may be Object 108 may include text and/or graphics (such as cartoon characters, college mascots, professional sports team mascots, etc.). Such text and/or graphics may demonstrate the nature of the digital content stored on object 108 . For example, text "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" accompanied by a graphic showing a child and three bears would establish that the digital content stored on object 108 may be an audiobook related to the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. will be. In another example, a graphic of a cartoon character on object 108 may demonstrate that digital content stored on object 108 may be audio and/or visual content associated with a television show that includes the cartoon character. In all example embodiments of object 108 presented herein, a mixture of mechanical, magnetic, optical, and/or OR circuitry may be used to support security, cost of production, or reliability of functionality.

User 102 (of FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 14) uses an application executable on a computing device (FIG. 1 and with the cloud web portal 112 (of FIG. 3) to create and sign a user account on the cloud backend 110 (of FIGS. 1, 2, and 3). In some examples, such interaction may occur via a method of wireless communication over the Internet 106 (of FIGS. 1 and 3 ). Creation of such a user account occurs prior to purchase and use of the object 108 . Users 102, as shown in FIG. 3 , use a cloud management component, such as object management component 114, content management component 116, user account management component 118, and/or security and verification component 120. It may also interact with one or more components of web portal 112 .

Thereafter, the object 108 communicates with the receiving portion 142 (of FIGS. 4, 5, and 9) of the wearable device 104 using near field communication (NFC), which will be described in detail herein. ) can also be interfaced with. Object 108 is received by and attached to receiving portion 142 of wearable device 104 via mechanical or magnetic means, among other means not explicitly described herein. The receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104 also includes one or more speakers.

The tag data of object 108 is read and used to interact with cloud backend 110 to either download digital content (eg, audio and/or visual content) or directly stream digital content. Audio and/or visual content may be associated with podcasts, audiobooks, music, plays, television shows, movies, etc. and is not limited to any particular audio and/or visual content. In an illustrative example, the digital content may be audio content (eg, an audiobook) for children's books such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Digital content may be associated with a first identifier and a first security code.

The second digital content may be audio content for a science podcast. The second digital content may be associated with a second identifier and a second security code. The first security code and the second security code are used for security management of the first digital content and the second digital content, respectively. In some examples, the first digital content and the second digital content may additionally include other cryptographic mechanisms not explicitly listed herein to assist in security management of the first digital content and the second digital content. there is.

Moreover, it is determined whether the wearable device 104 is associated with a user account, and whether the digital content was purchased from the cloud backend 110 by the user 102 prior to downloading or streaming the digital content.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a method executed by the cloud backend 110 of the system of FIG. 1 or FIG. 3 . Process step 122 begins the method of FIG. 2 . Process step 124 follows process step 122 and includes receiving portion 142 of wearable device 104 detecting object 108 . Process step 126 follows process step 124. At process step 126, the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104 includes an active radio frequency identification (RFID) reader and the object 108 includes an RFID passive tag. At process step 126, the RFID reader reads the RFID passive tag of object 108.

Process step 128 follows process step 126 and includes determining if the content has already been downloaded to object 108 . If the answer to process step 128 is “yes,” then the method includes disabling the wireless communication method of the system and playing digital content to the user 102 through one or more speakers of the wearable device 104. Go to process step 138 to include. If the answer to process step 128 is "no", the method moves to process step 130 to enable the system's wireless communication method.

Process step 132 follows process step 130 and includes verifying the security of the digital content via the cloud. Process step 134 follows process step 132 and includes determining whether the RFID passive tag of object 108 and the user account are verified. If the answer to process step 134 is "yes", the method moves to process step 136 which includes downloading the content from the cloud. If the answer to process step 134 is "no", the method moves to process step 140 which includes generating an error message or notification to user 102 .

The wearable device 104 described herein is configured to be worn by a user 102 . In the first illustrative example, and as shown in FIGS. 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 13 , and 14 , the wearable device 104 includes headphones 104 . In this first example, the digital content includes audio content. In a second illustrative example, and as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 , the wearable device 104 includes a virtual reality (VR) headset. In this second illustrative example, digital content includes audio content and visual content, such that the visual content may be displayed in two dimensions or three dimensions to user 102 via a display of a VR headset, and user 102 may view VR content. Audio content may be heard through headphones associated with the headset. It should be appreciated that wearable device 104 is not limited to such examples, as such examples are provided for illustrative purposes only. In some examples, the wearable device may include an augmented reality headset or a mixed reality headset, among other wearable devices not explicitly described herein. In some examples, tactile effects are used during or subsequent to playing audio and/or visual content on wearable device 104 .

It should be appreciated that object 108 may be attached to receiving portion 142 of wearable device 104 via mechanical or magnetic means, among other means not explicitly described herein. In a first example, object 108 includes a first set of magnets and an RFID passive tag. The RFID passive tag may include a smart chip 162 of FIG. 16 , a printed antenna 160 , and an optical mark 164 . The printed antenna 160 may be a WLAN, mobile data radio technology (e.g., Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), or any predecessor or successor thereof). ), or a connection socket for connecting a cable of a local network that also has Internet access (eg, a connection socket for an Ethernet cable).

In this first embodiment, the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104 includes: a second set of magnets, an active RFID reader, and a Hall sensor 154 . The amount of magnets in the first set of magnets and the second set of magnets is not limited to any particular amount. Additionally, in some examples, the first set of magnets and the second set of magnets may be a magnetic part or component.

As described herein, a “Hall sensor” or “Hall effect sensor” is a device used to measure the magnitude of a magnetic field. The output voltage of the Hall sensor 154 is directly proportional to the strength of the magnetic field passing through it. Hall effect sensors are used for proximity sensing, positioning, speed detection, and sensing applications.

When the object 108 is received by the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104, the magnets of the first set of object 108 are the magnets of the second set of the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104. The object 108 is attached to the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104 by being magnetically coupled with the wearable device 104 . Moreover, when object 108 is received by receiving portion 142 of wearable device 104, the first set of magnets of object 108 activate hall sensor 154 of wearable device 104. In turn, Hall sensor 154 activates a read cycle of an active RFID reader in receiving portion 142 of wearable device 104 . Activation of the read cycle of the active RFID reader of the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104 includes detection of an identifier associated with the digital content and a security code associated with the digital content from the RFID passive tag of the object 108.

In a further example, and as shown in FIGS. 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , and 21 , a magnetic force-based method for attaching and positioning an object 108 within a receiving portion 142 of a wearable device 104 may be used. A ferrous metal cup 166 and permanent magnet 168 are shown in FIGS. 17 and 18 . To achieve robust and accurate locating of object 108, alignment magnetic field structures are used. As shown in FIGS. 19, 20, and 21, field alignment forces object 108 into an axial position so that misalignment is not possible, which causes repulsive forces when the fields are misaligned. forces are created, thereby pushing the object 108 laterally into the center position. Such misalignment is further shown in FIG. 21 , where misaligned fields 172 pull closer together with a net force pushing towards repulsion 170 . Moreover, the magnetic field described herein is concentrated by the use of a ferrous metal cup 166 to shape the magnetic field lines. The ferrous metal cup 166 provides some degree of shielding against stray magnetic fields.

Additionally, referring to FIGS. 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, the object 108 includes an RFID tag that uniquely identifies the object 108 and is mapped to specific content. The use of a unique RFID tag abstracts the content from the object 108, thereby allowing any object 108 to be associated with any content or content collection. In order for an RFID tag to be read, it must be in close proximity to an RFID reader positioned on the wearable device 104 (eg, headphones). Additionally, a trigger event is required to indicate to the system to attempt to read the RFID tag. In the examples described herein, the trigger event is generated by one or more Hall sensors 154 (of FIGS. 22, 24, 25, and 26), which produce a digital output when subjected to a magnetic field. .

The magnetic field comes from a permanent magnet 174 (FIGS. 23, 24, 25, and 26) positioned inside object 108. Furthermore, in examples, the object 108 includes multiple Hall sensors 154 in a circular pattern to allow the rotational position of the object 108 to be detected in an absolute manner. The circular shaped pattern is provided for illustrative purposes only and other shaped patterns are contemplated herein. Additionally, as shown in FIGS. 24 , 25 , and 26 , object 108 is rotated in a rotational position of object 108 relative to wearable device 104 (e.g., not explicitly listed herein). 24 , 25 second position, and 6 position in FIG. 26 ), among other things, to index or trigger multiple sets of content.

In another embodiment, a printed barcode may be present on object 108 . The accommodating portion 142 of the wearable device 104 includes an optical sensor including a photodiode. Receiving portion 142 of wearable device 104 also includes optical sensory array 150 (of FIG. 13 ). The optical sensor array 150 includes one or more optical elements, such as photodiodes or transistors, arranged in an NxN matrix configuration. In response to the object 108 being received by the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104, the optical sensor of the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104 is covered by the object 108, so that the object ( 108) triggers a handshake to detect a security code associated with the digital content and an identifier associated with the digital content.

In a further embodiment, and as shown in FIG. 13 , object 108 includes electronic circuitry 152 and means for storing an identifier and a security code. Such storage may include memory or storage components. In this embodiment, the receiving portion 142 also includes electronic circuitry 152 . In response to the object 108 being received by the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104, circuitry in the wearable device 104 is closed so that an identifier and security code associated with the digital content is transferred to the wearable device 104. to be sent to

In some examples of this embodiment, wearable device 104 may include a microphone or a plurality of microphones. A microphone or a plurality of microphones may include voice recognition software. Voice recognition software may be configured to receive and analyze voice commands from user 102 to manage digital content. In other examples, a microphone or multiple microphones may be used for noise cancellation, echo cancellation, voice intelligibility and other acoustic functions.

Moreover, in examples, a microphone or plurality of microphones may be used to assist in detecting the angle of arrival of an acoustic wave. The wearable device 104 may include an antenna or a plurality of antennas to be used for a beamforming function used to detect an angle of arrival of a radio wave.

In another embodiment, and as shown in FIG. 15 , receiving portion 142 of wearable device 104 includes an electronic receiver 158 . Additionally, object 108 includes an electronic transmitter and battery 156 . In this embodiment, when the object 108 is received by the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104, an identifier associated with the digital content and a security code are transmitted to the wearable device 104.

In these previous examples and embodiments, once the identifier and security code are transmitted to wearable device 104, user 102 may activate audio play and/or visual display of the digital content in a number of ways. In a first embodiment, and as shown in FIG. 10 , such activation occurs when user 102 touches object 108 with another object, such as wand object 146 . It should be appreciated that the wand object 146 is provided for illustrative purposes only and that other objects are contemplated. In this first embodiment, when the wand object 146 is brought into close enough proximity to the wearable device 104, the magnet of the wand object 146 initiates a read cycle of an active RFID reader on the wearable device 104. Includes triggering RFID tags and magnets.

In a second embodiment, and as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 , such activation occurs when user 102 touches object 108 with another object, such as granular object 148 . It should be appreciated that granular object 148 is provided for illustrative purposes only and that other objects are contemplated. The figurine object 148 may be a toy, animal figurine, or mascot figurine, among other examples. In this second embodiment, when the granular object 148 is brought into close enough proximity to the wearable device 104, the magnet of the granular object 148 initiates a read cycle of an active RFID reader on the wearable device 104. Includes triggering RFID tags and magnets. It should be appreciated that these examples are provided for illustrative purposes only, and that other examples are contemplated herein.

In additional examples, wearable device 104 may be configured to transmit digital content to another device via wired or wireless means. In examples where transmission occurs via wired means, wearable device 104 (eg, headphones) includes a stereo jack connector (which may be approximately 3.5 mm) for wired transmission of digital content. In some examples, audio content may include radio broadcast content. Means for transmitting digital content may occur by any wireless communication method. In some examples, near field communication (NFC) protocols may be used for communication between wearable device 104 and another device over a distance of 4 cm or less.

Examples of wireless connection means may include a Bluetooth connection, a radio broadcast technology, a mesh system, an ultra-wideband (UWB) connection, or a Wi-Fi connection, among others not explicitly listed herein. As described herein, UWB is a radio-based communication technology for short-range use and fast and reliable data transmission. Additionally, as described herein, the FCC uses 3.1 to 10.6 GHz in the United States for UWB, where the FCC and the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) state that the emitted signal bandwidth is the arithmetic center frequency of We currently define UWB as antenna transmissions exceeding 20% or 500 MHz, whichever is less. Other means of connection are contemplated herein, such as touch connection means or techniques that occur through galvanic or capacitive coupling by skin contact or other mechanism. Additionally, one or more connection methods or instrumentalities described herein may operate concurrently in examples.

7 and 8, object 108 is a timer mechanism 144 for controlling the duration of digital content playback, which may be set by user 102 or another user (not shown). may also include. In one example, another user may be a parent and user 102 may be a child, allowing the parent to control the duration of digital content played on wearable device 104 worn by user 102 .

In another example, the timer mechanism 144 may be a rotary encoder with an optical code or mark 164 (of FIG. 16 ) using a gray scale printed on the inside of the object 108 . It should be appreciated that UWB technology may be used herein in some examples. When the object 108 is rotated within the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104, the optical sensor array 150 of the receiving portion 142 of the wearable device 104 (photos arranged in an N x N matrix configuration) As the light source shines on the scale, a light source is used to detect the change in the gray scale pattern as it is rotated. The resulting serial data pattern is processed by the host microcontroller ("MCU") and, applying appropriate algorithms, the absolute or relative position of the rotational movement of object 108 is determined. Depending on the particular implementation, features of the present invention may include an MCU, such as CAST's R8051XC2 microcontroller; Intel's MCS 51 (ie 8051 microcontroller); and/or the like. Alternatively, some implementations of the invention may be implemented with embedded components constructed and used to accomplish various features or signal processing.

Alternative mechanisms include using absolute discrete position sensing using optical or electrical methods. In this method, a plurality of optical sensors 152 or electrical contacts are arranged at N points around the circumference of the object 108 . When object 108 is rotated, object 108 is mechanically arranged such that one or more sensors or contacts are engaged. Either way, the obtained information can then be used to set up and control timing events.

In another embodiment, the present invention describes interactive story content indexing as shown at least in FIGS. 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 and 31 . The indexing system described herein includes decision nodes 176 (as shown in FIG. 28), a weighting matrix, and entry points. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 28 , decision nodes 176 determine the level of content flow from which one or more users (e.g., user 102) can logically determine how the content flow is to proceed. are the points

In its simplest form, decision node 176 requests user 102 to select one of two options (e.g., option A or option B in FIG. 28 or option E or option F in FIG. 29) and , once a decision is made, the content flow proceeds to the selected option. An example of this concept is a story in which a character reaches a fork in the road and the user 102 may select 'go left' or 'go right'.

Additionally, there are a number of ways in which decision node 176 selection can be verified. Such methods include tactile methods, motion methods, and/or audio methods, among others not explicitly listed herein. In one example, tactile input methods include capacitive touch sensor elements and tactile switches. In another example, motion input methods may be derived from one or more accelerometers embedded in wearable device 104 . In other examples, audio inputs may be obtained with a combination of microphone elements and voice detection electronics and software, where the voice detection electronics reside locally or as part of a cloud service.

In other examples, spatial position information may be used to confirm decision node 176 selection. Spatial position information may be obtained in an absolute manner from a fixed reference station in space, or in a relative sense from relative positions among a plurality of devices. In some examples, spatial position information may be obtained with high precision by use of UWB RF technology.

As an illustrative example, and as shown in FIGS. 42 and 43 , wearable device 104 worn by user 102 is spaced in a defined space (eg, x-dimension 186 , y-dimension 188 ). , and its position in room 184 with z-dimension 190 and other devices or equipment (e.g., other devices in FIG. 42 ) in a defined space (e.g., room 184). (192)) is configured to dynamically locate the position of the radio through one or more radio positioning techniques. Each of the one or more radio positioning technologies includes Bluetooth technology, BLE technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, or Wi-Fi technology, among other technologies not explicitly listed herein.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 43, the first user 102A may be wearing the first wearable device 104A, and the second user 102B is wearing the second wearable device 104B. There may be. First user 102A and second user 102B each have a room 184 having a defined space (e.g., x-dimension 186, y-dimension 188, and z-dimension 190). ) may be positioned within. Each of the first wearable device 104A and the second wearable device 104B has its position in a defined space (e.g., room 184) and its position in a defined space (e.g., room 184). It may also be configured to dynamically locate the position of other devices or equipment through one or more radio positioning techniques. For example, the first wearable device 104A may be configured to position the position of the second wearable device 104B in the room 184, and the second wearable device 104B may be configured to locate the first wearable device 104B in the room 184. 1 may be configured to determine the position of the wearable device 104A.

Further, with respect to the examples of FIGS. 42 and 43 , the digital content described herein may be dependent on the position of other devices or equipment relative to each other or other objects in a defined space (e.g., room 184). Managed, distributed, or modified by position of devices or equipment.

As another example, object 108 includes timer mechanism 144 (of FIGS. 7 and 8 ) configured to control the duration of digital content playback. The timer mechanism 144 may be turned so that the object 108 is detected by the hall sensor 154 of the wearable device 104 . In another example, a method for ascertaining decision node 176 includes detecting movement of the head of user 102 (as shown in FIG. 30 ).

In more advanced implementations, the content flow does not cease at decision node 176, but rather provides a temporarily limited period over which user 102 can affect the content flow. There may be more than one possible path for user 102 to select. The default progression of the content is executed without intervention by the user 102 . Additionally, the occurrence of decision node 176 may only be inferred by content and not necessarily presented in the form of a question. As an illustrative example, assume that the content includes a story including the following line "A character starts climbing a steep and high mountain". Thereafter, user 102 may turn back, continue climbing, or request help, among other things, without specifically prompting user 102 to select one of these options and the content You will have the ability to select, without interrupting the flow.

Additionally, entry points are indexed positions in the content to which the content flow may move based on a user decision at decision node 176 . For example, in a story where characters reach a river, there may be entry points for: (1) using the bridge to cross the river, (2) swimming to cross the river, among other things. and/or (3) using a boat to paddle across a river. Entry points may be referenced by a simple sequential set of numbers, such as those shown in FIG. 27, which reference numbers are then associated with physical memory offsets or file names.

The weighting matrix is a component of the system that provides a mechanism for dynamic changes to the content flow. Weighting matrices function in a similar way to fuzzy logic or neutral network systems. The weighting matrix has the ability to switch-on or switch-off decision nodes 176, as well as create a set of possible entry points. As an illustrative example of reaching a river, if user 102 or another user operating in the shared environment has already attempted a river crossing using a boat, the weighting matrix has the relevant coefficients set to zero, and the weighting matrix for river crossing Subsequent approaches do not have the "use a boat" entry point as an option in their decision node 176. At each decision node 176 in the content flow, a user decision input causes a modification of the weighting matrix (usually by setting or clearing a binary value) so that presentation of future decision nodes and associated entry points is based on the user history. It is dynamically changed by decisions.

Recognize that, as described herein, user input may include: gesture input, audio input, tactile input, and/or absolute or relative special positional input, among others not explicitly listed herein It should be. Specifically, FIG. 40 illustrates example gesture input (eg, user 102 nodding his or her head while wearing wearable device 104 ).

When these components are used in combination, the system functions in the following way. First, a collection of content consisting of content elements referenced by entry points is provided. Each content element terminates with a decision node 176 . When the user 102 begins the content element given by the entry point, the possible entry points available to the user 102 (including the default entry point) when the decision node 176 at the end of the content element is reached. Computation is performed using a weighting matrix to analyze the list of . User decision input is used to modify the weighting matrix so that future results (eg, entry points available at the decision node) are changed. As a result, user progression through the content is determined based on previous decisions. Additionally, each time user 102 starts a story, the story's content flow will be modified based on previous passes through the content. As such, these components allow the user to jump to different parts of the content to create an interactive story.

Moreover, in examples, one or more users may interact with digital content through a connection to wearable device 104 . 32 and 33 show two or more users (e.g., a first user 102A, a second user 102B, a third user 102C, a fourth user 102D, and a fifth user 102E). )) interacts with digital content via a connection to a wearable device 178 (eg, smart glasses).

34 and 35 show two or more users (e.g., a first user 102A, a second user 102B, a third user 102C, a fourth user 102D, and a fifth user 102E). )) interacts with digital content via a connection to a wearable device 104 (eg, headphones), showing perspective views of schematic diagrams of a second example. In a first illustrative example, the described connection includes a wired daisy-chained connection. In a second illustrative example, the connection includes any method of wireless communication. It should be appreciated that, in some instances, connectivity includes future wireless technologies not explicitly described herein.

In other embodiments, and as shown at least in FIGS. 36 , 37 , 38 , and 39 , the systems described herein may include an auxiliary device 180 . Assistive device 180 may also be worn by user 102 . Moreover, secondary device 180 may be part of a body area network (BAN), personal area network (PAN), or otherwise a wearable device 104 as shown in FIG. 37 . ) can also function together. As described herein, a BAN is a wireless network of wearable computing devices such as wearable device 104 . Additionally, as described herein, a PAN is a computer network for interconnecting electronic devices within a user's workspace.

It should be appreciated that auxiliary device 180 includes capacitive or galvanic coupling functionality. Moreover, secondary device 180 is configured to communicate via near field communication or by touch through skin or other material contact to another capacitive or galvanically coupling capable device. As an illustrative example, and as shown at least in FIGS. 36, 37, 38, and 39, auxiliary device 180 may be another capacitive or galvanically coupling capable device (e.g., as shown in FIG. 37). The secondary device 180 may include Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) functionality, a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip, and It is a wearable bracelet that includes galvanic coupling technology.

As described herein, “Bluetooth low energy” or “Bluetooth LE” is a wireless personal area network technology targeted for applications in the healthcare, fitness, beacons, security, and home entertainment industries. Compared to Classic Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE is intended to provide significantly reduced power consumption and cost while maintaining similar communication range. Mobile operating systems including macOS, Linux, Windows 8 and Windows 10, as well as iOS, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry, are fundamentally supports Bluetooth LE.

38 illustrates hand gestures or movements that occur while user 102 is wearing assistive device 180 . 39 shows a first auxiliary device 180A worn by a first user 102A and a second auxiliary device 180B worn by a second user 102B, where the first auxiliary device 180A ) and the second auxiliary device 180B are configured to communicate by touch through skin or other material contact with each other or via near field communication. Although secondary device 180 is shown as a wearable bracelet, it should be appreciated that secondary device 180 is not limited thereto and that other configurations of secondary device 180 are contemplated herein.

In further examples, and as shown at least in FIG. 41 , wearable device 104 includes one or more sensors configured to detect a physical location relative to other physical objects positioned within close proximity. In examples, each of the one or more sensors may be an ultrasonic distance sensor, a laser distance sensor, an infrared distance sensor, a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor, or a radar sensor, among other sensors not explicitly listed herein. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 41 , wearable device 104 worn by user 102 measures the distance from wearable device 104 (and thus user 102 ) to an object, such as wall 182 . may include one or more proximity sensors configured to detect

Aspects of the invention are described herein with reference to block diagrams of methods and systems according to embodiments of the invention. It will be appreciated that each block and combinations of blocks in the diagrams may be implemented by computer readable program instructions.

The block diagrams in the drawings illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems and methods according to various embodiments of the invention. In this regard, each block in block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of executable instructions for implementing specified logical function(s). In some alternative implementations, functions recited in blocks may occur out of the order recited in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in reverse order, depending on the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block and combinations of blocks may be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems that perform specified functions or actions or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

As described herein, wired, wireless, and/or touch connection methods or technologies may be used. Exemplary wireless connection methods may include a Bluetooth connection, a radio broadcast technology, a mesh system, a UWB connection, or a Wi-Fi connection, among others not explicitly listed herein. Additionally, touch connection mechanisms or methods include galvanic or capacitive coupling by skin contact or other mechanism. Additionally, one or more of these connection methods or means may operate concurrently.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of performing process steps on a subscription, advertisement, and/or fee basis. That is, in this method, a service provider may provide assisting steps of directly downloading or streaming digital content from a server to a wearable device. In this case, the service provider may create, maintain, and/or support the computer infrastructure that performs the process steps for one or more customers. In return, the service provider may receive payment from the customer(s) under a subscription and/or fee agreement, and/or the service provider may receive payment from the sale of advertising content to one or more third parties.

Descriptions of various embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration, but are not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the disclosed embodiments. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminology used herein is intended to best describe the principles of the embodiments, practical applications or technical improvements to techniques found on the market, or to assist others or those skilled in the art in implementing the disclosed herein. Examples have been selected to make it understandable.

When introducing elements of this disclosure or embodiments thereof, the articles "a", "an", and "the" are intended to mean that there is one or more of the elements. Similarly, the adjective "another" when used to introduce an element is intended to mean one or more elements. The terms "including" and "having" are intended to be inclusive, as there may be additional elements other than those listed.

Although the present invention has been described with some specificity, it should be understood that this disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (47)

As a system,
cloud backend;
cloud web portal;
object; and
A wearable device configured to be worn by a user
including,
The wearable device,
a receiving portion configured to detect acceptance of the object; and
one or more speakers
A system that includes a. According to claim 1,
wherein the object includes a first set of magnets and a Radio-frequency identification (RFID) passive tag, and the receiving portion of the wearable device includes a second set of magnets and an active RFID reader person, system. According to claim 2,
A sensor selected from the group consisting of Hall sensors and optical/optical sensors
Further comprising a system. According to claim 2,
When the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, the magnets of the first set engage the magnets of the second set through a magnetic connection to bring the object to the receiving portion of the wearable device. The system that attaches. According to claim 2,
The object is received and attached to the receiving portion of the wearable device by non-magnetic and mechanical means, the non-magnetic and mechanical means being selected from the group consisting of clip means and threaded means. The system that will be. According to claim 3,
when the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, a first set of magnets of the object activate a sensor of the wearable device;
the sensor activates a read cycle of the active RFID reader in the receiving portion of the wearable device;
wherein the activation of the read cycle of the active RFID reader of the receiving portion of the wearable device includes detection of a security code and identifier associated with digital content from an RFID passive tag of the object. According to claim 1,
wherein the object is received by and attached to the receiving portion of the wearable device via non-magnetic and mechanical means. According to claim 1,
Wherein the wearable device includes headphones. According to claim 1,
The system, wherein the wearable device includes a microphone or a plurality of microphones. According to claim 9,
The microphone or the plurality of microphones may be used for a noise cancellation function, for an echo cancellation function, for a voice intelligibility function, to assist in the detection of an angle of arrival of an acoustic wave, and/or for another acoustic function. which is used for the system. According to claim 10,
The system, wherein the wearable device includes an antenna or a plurality of antennas to be used for a beamforming function used for detecting an angle of arrival of a radio wave. According to claim 1,
Wherein the wearable device comprises a virtual reality (VR) headset. According to claim 1,
Wherein the wearable device includes capacitive or galvanic coupling functionality. According to claim 1,
The system of claim 1 , wherein the receiving portion of the wearable device includes an optical sensory array including one or more photoelements and an optical sensor including photodiodes. According to claim 14,
In response to the object being received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, an optical sensor of the receiving portion of the wearable device is covered by the object to detect a security code and identifier associated with the object's digital content. A system that triggers a handshake. According to claim 1,
wherein the object comprises means and electronic circuitry for storing a security code and identifier associated with digital content. According to claim 16,
wherein in response to the object being received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, circuitry in the wearable device is closed, causing a security code and identifier associated with digital content to be transmitted to the wearable device. According to claim 1,
Wherein each of the wearable device and the object includes an electronic circuit, and when the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, a security code and an identifier associated with digital content are transmitted to the wearable device. According to claim 18,
Wherein the object is not physically attached to the wearable device. According to claim 18,
wherein the object causes a plurality of devices to stream or download content. According to claim 1,
wherein a user creates a user account through the cloud web portal using an application executable on a computing device. According to claim 21,
The cloud backend,
verify that the wearable device is associated with the user account;
to confirm the purchase of the digital content of the object;
system, which is configured. According to claim 1,
wherein the object comprises a timer mechanism configured to control a duration of digital content playback. According to claim 23,
The system of claim 1, wherein the timer mechanism comprises a rotary encoder. According to claim 1,
the wearable device comprising one or more sensors configured to detect a physical location relative to other physical objects located within close proximity;
wherein each of the one or more sensors is selected from the group consisting of an ultrasonic distance sensor, a laser distance sensor, an infrared distance sensor, a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor, and a radar sensor. According to claim 1,
the wearable device is configured to dynamically locate its position in a defined space and the position of other devices or equipment in the defined space through one or more radio positioning techniques;
wherein each of the one or more radio positioning technologies is selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth technology, Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, and Wi-Fi technology. The method of claim 26,
wherein digital content is managed, distributed, or modified by the position of the other devices or equipment relative to each other or by the position of the other devices or equipment in the defined space. According to claim 1,
An auxiliary device worn by the user that is part of a body area network (BAN), personal area network (PAN) or otherwise functions in conjunction with the wearable device.
Including more,
wherein the auxiliary device includes capacitive or galvanic coupling functionality. According to claim 28,
wherein the auxiliary device communicates via near-field communication or by touch through skin or other material contact to another capacitive or galvanically coupling capable device. According to claim 29,
Wherein the auxiliary device is a wearable bracelet that includes Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) functionality, a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip, and galvanic coupling technology. As a system,
object;
A wearable device configured to be worn by a user - the wearable device comprising:
a receiving portion configured to detect acceptance of the object; and
one or more speakers
including -;
a cloud web portal configured to receive account information associated with a user; and
cloud backend
including,
The cloud backend,
verify that the wearable device is associated with a user account;
to confirm the purchase of the digital content of the object;
What is configured, the system. According to claim 31,
the object includes a first set of magnets and a radio frequency identification (RFID) passive tag;
the receiving portion of the wearable device includes a second set of magnets, an active RFID reader, and a hall sensor;
When the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, the magnets of the first set engage the magnets of the second set through magnetic coupling to attach the object to the receiving portion of the wearable device. person, system. 33. The method of claim 32,
when the object is received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, magnets of the first set of the object activate a Hall sensor of the wearable device;
the hall sensor activates a read cycle of the active RFID reader in the receiving portion of the wearable device;
wherein the activation of the read cycle of the active RFID reader of the receiving portion of the wearable device includes detection of a security code and identifier associated with digital content from an RFID passive tag of the object. According to claim 31,
The receiving portion of the wearable device includes an optical sensory array including one or more optical elements and an optical sensor including a photodiode,
In response to the object being received by the receiving portion of the wearable device, an optical sensor of the receiving portion of the wearable device is covered by the object to detect a security code and identifier associated with the object's digital content. The system that triggers the shake. As a method for downloading content to a wearable device,
creating a user account through a web portal using an application executable on a computing device;
attaching the object to the receiving part of the wearable device;
detecting the object by the receiving portion of the wearable device;
reading tag data of the object;
verifying whether the wearable device is associated with the user account;
confirming purchase of the digital content of the object; and
downloading the digital content by interacting with a cloud backend using the tag data;
Including, method. The method of claim 35,
Wherein the content can be streamed to the wearable device. The method of claim 35,
wherein one or more users interact with the digital content through a connection to the wearable device. 38. The method of claim 37,
Wherein the connection comprises a wired daisy-chained connection. 38. The method of claim 37,
The connection includes a wireless connection via a Bluetooth connection, radio broadcast, mesh system, ultra-wideband connection or WiFi connection, or a touch connection via galvanic or capacitive coupling by skin contact or other mechanism, wherein one or more of the connections A method wherein the methods operate concurrently. The method of claim 35,
wherein each block of digital content of the object ends with a decision node. 41. The method of claim 40,
wherein the decision node is represented by a prompt in the digital content. 41. The method of claim 40,
wherein each decision node is stored independently as a list of prompts. 41. The method of claim 40,
wherein the object comprises a timer mechanism configured to control a duration of digital content playback. 44. The method of claim 43,
Wherein the method for ascertaining the decision node comprises turning the timer mechanism such that the object is detected by a hall sensor of the wearable device. 41. The method of claim 40,
Wherein the method for ascertaining the decision node comprises detecting a movement of a user's head. The method of claim 35,
Receiving input from the user
Including more,
wherein the input from the user determines a next block of the digital content. 47. The method of claim 46,
wherein the input from the user is selected from the group consisting of gesture input, audio input, tactile input, and absolute or relative special position input.